Nature is replete with slender filaments that bend and coil—from climbing grape vines, to folded proteins, to elephant trunks that can pick up a peanut but also take down a tree.

From humanoid robots at Tokyo airports to mecha-scale machines like ARCHAX, engineers are increasingly drawing on anime aesthetics and storytelling to guide real-world robotics design. These projects ...

Researchers at Tampere University have recently demonstrated that light can be used to precisely reshape soft materials ...

Squads raises $18M for its new stablecoin based financial platform.

Squads today announced an $18 million strategic round led by Solana Ventures, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Haun Ventures, L1 ...

As I approached my annual robot roundup, I was prepared for new bots, artificial intelligence everything and wild new wizbangs. But mostly, I found the same old stuff. Drones are ...

If an alien in the Alpha Centauri star system were craving pizza, it would take tens of thousands of years to deliver it ...

Healthcare workers are often tasked with the physical labor of moving equipment and patients across sprawling hospital ...

Apollo reports that sales automation boosts efficiency, reduces costs, and improves conversion rates, yet remains ...

Harvard researchers have developed a rotational multimaterial 3D printing technique to create filaments with pre-programmed shape changes, while Noctua has released free, accurate CAD models of its ...

A new 3000W industrial power supply adds wide-range three-phase input support, improving flexibility, reliability, and easier ...

A 3D-printed gel that bends, grips, and changes shape with magnets could help build robots and medical tools for drug delivery and fluid control.